tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post2442096320629141999..comments2024-03-28T18:08:20.711-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The entertainment equivalent of the buggy whip industry?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10119573808253409412012-05-30T14:06:14.394-05:002012-05-30T14:06:14.394-05:00Our library allow "checking out" PDF ver...Our library allow "checking out" PDF versions of books. My daughter wanted to read the latest book in the Hunger Games series, but the library said they had 6 PDF versions, and 30 people already in line to "check" one out...so the wait was estimated at 8 weeks...to checkout a pdf...gotta love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86018099117827191612012-05-30T08:24:31.207-05:002012-05-30T08:24:31.207-05:00Sorry for the double post with essentially the sam...Sorry for the double post with essentially the same commentary - normally, my posts show up fast, but near the end of my day, hadn't seen it, so I posted again.Dirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353273036394049597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-66021149962114300872012-05-29T15:01:05.409-05:002012-05-29T15:01:05.409-05:00Make the commercials worth watching, and people wi...Make the commercials worth watching, and people will watch them - either at the time they air, or on YouTube, after they hear about them. The production cost to make a bad commercial is not significantly lower than to make a good commercial. And in any case, it's the cost of getting it aired that's the expensive part.<br /><br />The downside to the death of commercials is that product placement will become even more intrusive and annoying than it already is, unless some other alternative to this type of advertising comes about. <br /><br />The big question, really: How effective IS advertising, to begin with? Speaking for myself, personally, advertising really doesn't have much, if any, effect on me. I do occasionally hear of a product that I was unaware of, but at this point in my life, I've tried pretty much every brand of most everything I use, and have made my decisions on what I buy. YMMV, I guess.Dirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353273036394049597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70577423787891835702012-05-29T13:11:48.663-05:002012-05-29T13:11:48.663-05:00It is the same mindset as the publishers and Apple...It is the same mindset as the publishers and Apple vs. Amazon and the independents. "Things can't change because we are the gatekeepers and we say they can't change, so we will make arrangements to keep them from changing." This as readers and watchers are finding out ever more creative ways to do what WE want to do.<br /><br />LittelRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-84928352502530390582012-05-29T09:21:22.864-05:002012-05-29T09:21:22.864-05:00The cost of actually producing a commercial is dwa...The cost of actually producing a commercial is dwarfed by the cost of getting it aired... So, yeah - make the commercials good, and people will still watch them. <br /><br />But...are commercials actually, truly, having a real effect on people's buying habits? Speaking for myself, personally, the answer is no. <br /><br />One alternative to commercials is even more intrusive product placement than we have today, though...:( The death of TV commercials could mean the death of "free" TV. <br /><br />You do know that TV networks aren't in the business of producing entertainment, right? Their real business is delivering eyeballs to advertisers - the entertainment produced is just a means to that end.Dirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353273036394049597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-29600798022777973812012-05-29T06:05:26.974-05:002012-05-29T06:05:26.974-05:00There's a few ways to get people to take a loo...There's a few ways to get people to take a look at commericals, but the best, most successful way is what they do at the Superbowl: Make commericals that are themselves worth watching.Joe in PNGnoreply@blogger.com